Editing University of Bristol (section)

=== Academics ===
Current academics at the University of Bristol include 23 fellows of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]], 13 fellows of the [[British Academy]], 13 fellows of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]], 43 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences<ref name="acss.org.uk"/> and 48 fellows of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Nobel Prizes and Fellowships|publisher=University of Bristol|access-date=2 October 2011|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/distinctions}}</ref> These include, Sir [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]], one of the discoverers of [[quantum mechanics]]' "[[geometric phase]]",<ref>{{cite web | title = Michael Berry | publisher = HP Labs | access-date = 29 December 2007 | url = http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/lectures/Abstracts/MichaelBerry.htm | archive-date = 3 January 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103053344/http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/lectures/Abstracts/MichaelBerry.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[John Rarity]] international expert on [[quantum optics]], [[quantum cryptography]] and quantum communication, [[David May (computer scientist)|David May]], computer scientist and lead architect for the [[transputer]],<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | title=MAY, Prof. (Michael) David | id = U27080 | volume = 2015 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> [[Mark Horton (archaeologist)|Mark Horton]], a British maritime and historical archaeologist and [[Bruce Hood (psychologist)|Bruce Hood]], a world-leading experimental psychologist.

Academics in computer science include, [[Dave Cliff (computer scientist)|David Cliff]], inventor of the seminal "ZIP" trading algorithm, [[Peter Flach]], [[Mike Fraser (computer scientist)|Mike Fraser]], professor of human-computer interaction, [[Julian Gough (scientist)|Julian Gough]] and [[Nigel Smart (cryptographer)|Nigel Smart]]. Academics in engineering include the materials scientist [[Stephen Eichhorn]].

Past academics of the university include, [[Patricia Broadfoot]], vice-chancellor of the [[University of Gloucestershire]], [[Nigel Thrift]], vice-chancellor of the [[University of Warwick]], and [[Wendy Larner]], provost of [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Patricia Broadfoot |publisher=University of Gloucestershire |access-date=29 December 2007 |url=http://www.glos.ac.uk/council/patricia-broadfoot.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005514/http://www.glos.ac.uk/council/patricia-broadfoot.cfm |archive-date=20 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About the Vice-Chancellor | access-date =29 December 2007 | publisher = University of Warwick | url = http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/management/vc|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215072647/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/management/vc |archive-date = 15 December 2007}}</ref> [[Anthony Epstein]], co-discoverer of the [[Epstein-Barr virus]], was Professor of [[Pathology]] at the university from 1968 to 1982,<ref>{{cite press release | title = Honorary Fellowship for Professor Sir Anthony Epstein | publisher = University of Bristol | access-date =29 December 2007 | date = 18 July 2006 | url = http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2006/1030.html}}</ref> Sir [[John Lennard-Jones]], discoverer of the [[Lennard-Jones potential]] in physics<ref>{{cite journal | author = Lennard-Jones, J. E. | title = Cohesion | journal = Proceedings of the Physical Society | year = 1931 | volume = 43 | pages = 461–482 | doi = 10.1088/0959-5309/43/5/301 | issue = 5|bibcode = 1931PPS....43..461L}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = H. Jones | title = Notes on Work at the University of Bristol, 1930-7 | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A | year = 1931 | volume = 371 | pages = 52–55 | issue = 1744| doi = 10.1098/rspa.1980.0056 | s2cid = 111085362 }}</ref> and [[Alfred Marshall]], one of the University College's principals and influential economist in the latter part of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web | title = Alfred Marshall | publisher = Economy Professor | access-date =29 December 2007 | url = http://www.economyprofessor.com/theorists/alfredmarshall.php}}</ref> Mathematicians and philosophers [[Rohit Parikh]] and [[Brian Rotman]] lectured in the mathematics department, and philosophers of science [[Paul Feyerabend]] and [[Alexander Bird]] taught in the department of philosophy. Another notable current academic in the department of philosophy includes [[Havi Carel]]. Notable mathematicians who have worked in the department of mathematics include [[Hannes Leitgeb]], [[Philip Welch]], [[Ben Green (mathematician)|Ben Green]], [[Andrew Booker (mathematician)|Andrew Booker]], [[Julia Wolf]], [[Jens Marklof]], [[John McNamara (mathematical biologist)|John McNamara]], [[Howell Peregrine]], [[Christopher Budd (mathematician)|Christopher Budd]] [[John Hogan (mathematician)|John Hogan]], [[Jeremy Rickard]], [[Richard Jozsa]], [[Corinna Ulcigrai]], [[David Evans (mathematician)|David Evans]] and the statistician [[Harvey Goldstein]].

The University of Bristol is associated with three [[Ig Nobel Prizes]], an award for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Sir [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]] shared the award (with [[Andre Geim]], a Nobel Laureate) for using [[magnets]] to levitate a frog.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Berry | first1 = M. V. | author-link1 = Michael Berry (physicist)| last2 = Geim | first2 = A. K. | author-link2 = Andre Geim| title = Of flying frogs and levitrons | journal = European Journal of Physics | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 307 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1088/0143-0807/18/4/012| url = http://www.physics.bristol.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/Berry285.pdf|bibcode = 1997EJPh...18..307B | s2cid = 250889203 }}</ref> Gareth Jones also shared an Ig Nobel prize for scientifically documenting [[fellatio]] in [[fruit bat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tan | first1 = M. | last2 = Jones | first2 = G. | last3 = Zhu | first3 = G. | last4 = Ye | first4 = J. | last5 = Hong | first5 = T. | last6 = Zhou | first6 = S. | last7 = Zhang | first7 = S. | last8 = Zhang | first8 = L. | editor1-last = Hosken | editor1-first = David | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0007595 | title = Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 4 | issue = 10 | pages = e7595 | year = 2009 | pmid =  19862320| pmc =2762080 | bibcode = 2009PLoSO...4.7595T | doi-access = free }}</ref> Dr. [[Len Fisher]] was awarded the 1999 prize for physics for calculating the optimal way to dunk a biscuit.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fisher | first1 = L. | title = Physics takes the biscuit | journal = Nature | volume = 397 | issue = 6719 | pages = 469 | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1038/17203 | bibcode = 1999Natur.397..469F | s2cid = 4404966 | doi-access = free }}</ref>